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RUNAWAY TRAIN OF LAUGHS ABOUT THE RUNWAY TUNNEL

7:55 AM Mon, Mar 31, 2008 |

13 News Anchor Lasalle Blanks is enjoying a little vacation time, so I've been anchoring 13 News Daybreak in his absence.
This morning, Janet Roach and I were telling you about a car that had broken down near the runway tunnel, and one lane of the interstate was now blocked.
Well when we look a live picture from the scene you could see where someone had placed flares signaling that the lane was closed, at least t...



Pricey Pranks

4:11 PM Tue, Mar 18, 2008 |

Tonight we're working a story about someone stealing a fire extinguisher off a school bus and using it to smash through the window of an elementary school building.

At first glance, some said, what's the big deal? Well think about it. Teachers are struggling with smaller budgets, school systems are looking for ways to give teachers raises, and buy better books to better prepare our children for school. Yet, the schools are continuing t...



We're all one family of friends

5:19 PM Fri, Mar 14, 2008 |

When I was working at my last TV station in Jackson, Mississippi and beginning to look to make a move to another station I was so excited to get a job offer in Hartford, Connecticut. I was there on a job interview, walked in the door and the station resembled a library, it was quiet, stuffy, very serious, people seemed unhappy, and were even rolling their eyes as the manager walked by. I wasn't looking forward to it, but it was a great ...



Neighborhoods that care

5:16 PM Mon, Mar 03, 2008 |


Our lives have changed so much these days, we're in a world where many of us mean well but just get caught up in our own lives. So many times when tragedy happens and we go to a neighborhood to get information so many people say, oh I've seen that person but never spoken to them other then to say hi.

Well today I'm covering the murder of a woman over the weekend in Virginia Beach, I was so pleased and surprised to walk up to do...